Drinking device for poultry



April 16, 1935. s w s 1,998,174

DRINKING DEVICE FOR POULTRY Filed NOV. 29, 1932 Patented Apr. 16, 1935 DRINKING DEVICE FOR POULTRY Heinrich Siewers, Kellinghusen, Holstein, Germany Application November29, 1932, Serial No. 644,840 In Germany January 12, 1932 2 Claims.

A known type of drinking vessel for poultry consists of a water container with drinking trough placed thereon which, after the container has been filled with water," are brought into position for use by being turned upside down. An aperture adjacent the edge of the container eflects an automatic replenishing of the trough with water when the Water level in the trough is below this aperture. If this aperture becomes exposed during the sinking of the water level, air enters the container and a corresponding quantity of water passes into the trough so that the water level is again raised and the aperture closed.

An advantage of these drinking vessels consists in the fact that all parts are easy to clean, but they are open to the objection that they are difficult to manipulate in many respects. The water containers employed in these drinking vessels are not suitable for fetching the water; this must first be effected in some other vessel for example a bucket, the water being then poured into the container; further when turning over the vessel the trough placed thereon must either be pressed against the container by hand or connected thereto by a holding device which must be separately operated.

These objections are overcome by the drinking vessel according to the invention. The water container is provided with a bow-shaped handle and can therefore be employed as a bucket for fetching the drinking water. The connection be tween the container and the drinking trough placed thereon, necessary when turning the device upside down, is efiected by merely folding over the bucket handle constructed in a peculiar manner.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:-

Fig. 1 shows the device in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the handle in folded over position for holding the trough.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the device turned upside down.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5--5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the drinking trough in position for use.

The drinking device consists of a drinking bucket a, which can be carried by means of an oscillatable bow-shaped bucket handle b, and of a drinking trough e. The oscillation of the bowshaped handle is obtained by the fact that eyes 0 engage over two pins d and d fixed on the bucket, but the handle may be fitted in any other known manner provided it is possible to fold same over so far that it can be brought into the position shown in Fig. 3. Two projections f and f adapted to serve as draw-on pins are either made in one piece with the trough or, as shown in the drawing, in the shape of an angle piece, and connected to the trough by riveting or the like. Hook shaped extensions g, g are provided, one on each end of the bow-shaped handle, and these extensions engage the projections and f on the trough when the handle is brought into the position shown in Fig. 3. In order to prevent the trough from shifting on the bucket during the folding over the handle an eye h is provided on the periphery of the trough and slipped over a retaining pin 2' mounted on the wall of the bucket. The eye h might also be arranged on the bucket and the retaining pin on the trough. A handle it is mounted on the outer wall of the bucket near its lower end, this handle being in the form of a bow or of other suitable shape.

In order to bring the drinking device into position for use after the bucket has been filled with water, the drinking trough is first placed on the bucket in such a manner that the eye h engages the pin 2', whereupon the bucket handle b is folded down into the position shown in Fig. 3. The lower portion of the handle b is then gripped with one hand and the handle with the other hand and the whole device turned upside down so that it is in the position shown in Fig. 4. Air enters the bucket through an aperture I and at the same time water flows out of the bucket into the trough until the aperture l is closed by the water rising in the trough. The water flows out of the bucket into the trough partly through the aperture l and partly through an aperture m situated near the rim of the bucket, or, if the bucket edge does not fit tightly on the bottom of the trough, through the space between the bucket edge and the bottom of the trough.

It is advisable to mount a second handle nv on the outer side of the bucket in such a position that, when the bucket handle 12 is folded down it bears against this handle n so that the two handles can be jointly gripped with one hand, thereby facilitating the turning over of the drinking vessel.

When it is desired to refill the container the bucket handle b is swung over so that it can be easily lifted.

It is advisable to provide a bend in the handle b so that when the bucket is carried by this handle with the trough placed on the bucket, the

handle b does not come into contact with the projections f and j.

I claim:-

1. A drinking device for poultry consisting of a bucket and a drinking trough adapted to be placed on the bucket like a lid, which device after the bucket has been filled with drinking water is brought into position for use by turning upside down, comprising in combination with the bucket and the trough, diametrically opposite pins projecting laterally from said trough, a bow shaped handle oscillatably mounted on said bucket, hook shaped extensions one on each of the ends of said handle adapted to engage said pins when the handle is folded down against the side of the bucket and to securely press said trough against the brim of said bucket, a rigid handle on the outer side of said bucket adjacent said bow shaped handle when folded down against the side of the bucket, and a second rigid handle on the outer side of said bucket diametrically opposite said first mentioned rigid handle and adapted to be gripped with one hand, said first mentioned rigid handle together with said bow shaped handle adapted to be gripped with the other hand to turn said bucket upside down, said hook-shaped extensions when said bow-shaped handle is folded down, forming a locking and pressing on device for said trough during the turning over of said bucket.

2. A drinking device, comprising a bucket and a cover, said cover being adapted to serve as a trough when the bucket and cover are placed in inverted position so that the cover acts as a support for the bucket, said bucket having a handle swingably mounted thereon adjacent the cover, and said cover having lugs adapted to be engaged by a portion of the handle to enable the handle to be locked to the cover, and a handle rigidly secured adjacent the normally lower end or base of the bucket and adapted to contact one end of the swingable handle when in locked position whereby a hand of the operator will be able to exert a tight closing pressure on said swingable handle and said rigid handle during the movement of turning to a position reverse of a normal position,

HEINRICH SIEWERS. 

